TORREYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Torreya mean? 

• TORREYA (noun)
  The noun TORREYA has 1 sense:

1. nutmeg-yews

  Familiarity information: TORREYA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORREYA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nutmeg-yews

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Torreya; Torreya

Hypernyms ("Torreya" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Torreya"):

California nutmeg; nutmeg-yew; Torreya californica (California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor)

stinking cedar; stinking yew; Torrey tree; Torreya taxifolia (rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed)

Holonyms ("Torreya" is a member of...):

Cephalotaxaceae; family Cephalotaxaceae; plum-yew family (a family of Cephalotaxaceae)